147 N.W. 980 | S.D. | 1914
This is an action against a sheriff for the conversion of certain wheat and oats. The complaint alleges that the plaintiff was the owner and in possession' of the grain, the unlawful taking and' conversion by defendant and the amount of plaintiff’s damage. The answer was a general denial and a justification by reason of levies on the property under warrants of attachment issued against the property of the husband of the plaintiff. The defendant, called as an adverse witness under the statute tes
The assignments of error relate to alleged errors in admitting evidence and in refusing plaintiff’s motion for a directed1 verdict. Appellant contends; First: That the possession of the property attached gave plaintiff the right to maintain an action for conversion, and evidence of .possession is evidence of ownership, conclusive upon tire whole world except the -true owner, or one claiming under him' by virtue of a lien. Second: That no lien attached by reason of the attempted attachment because no certified copy of the warrants of attachment were served. Third: If any lien attached by reason of the attachment proceedings the same was lost by the sheriff .turning over the property to the plaintiff in the attachment action. Fourth-: That such lien, i-f any, was lost by the failure of the sheriff to. file inventory as prescribed by Section 211 of the Code -of Civil Procedure.
The judgment and order denying a new trial are affirmed.